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State's 9th pot shop set to open as Boston's first shop gets zoning OK

State's 9th pot shop set to open as Boston's first shop gets zoning OK

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Updated: 8:51 PM EST Jan 16, 2019

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WEBVTT BOSTON’S FIRST RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA SHOP. IN THIS VACANT BUILDING JUST STEPS FROM THE GARDEN WILL SOON BE HOME TO A RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA STORE. >> IS A GREAT LOCATION. I AM ALL FOR IT. >> THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT THE SHOP MAY LOOK LIKE ON FRENCH STREET. THE COMPANY JUST GOT APPROVAL FROM THE CITY’S ZONING BOARD NEEDS TO GET THE GREEN LIGHT FROM THE CANNABIS COMMISSION BOARD. >> I THINK IT’S GREAT. I THINK IT’S A LOT LESS DAMAGING TO YOUR BODY THAN ALCOHOL. THERE ARE A LOT OF HEALTH BENEFITS. AFTER TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND LONG LINES AT OTHER SHOPS AROUND THE STATE, MAYOR MARTY WALSH SAYS HE IS GLAD BOSTON WAS NOT THE FIRST. >> IT ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK HOW WE WILL HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS. I’M NOT SAYING WE WILL HANDLE THEM GREAT. WE WILL DO THEM AS WE GO ALONG. >> PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL IT IS TIME FOR BOSTON >> TO HAVE A SHOP OF ITS OWN. DO I AGREE WITH IT? YES. DO I WANT TO MY STREET? MAYBE NOT SO MUCH. I DON’T WANT TO STOP OTHER PEOPLE FROM DOING SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO. >> IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, THE COMPANY HOPES TO OPEN SOMETIME THIS F

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State's 9th pot shop set to open as Boston's first shop gets zoning OK

Boston’s first recreational marijuana shop has gotten the green light as another shop is getting ready to open. The Cannabis Control Commission said Northeast Alternatives, Inc., in Fall River can begin adult-use operations for cultivation, product manufacturing and retail as early as Sunday. The Fall River shop will be the state’s ninth recreational marijuana dispensary to open. The company Ascend Massachusetts has been given approval by the Boston's zoning board to begin construction on a vacant building it purchased at 272 Friend St. near the Garden.If it stays on schedule, the Boston shop will open later this year. Although they have zoning approval, the company still needs approval from the state's Cannabis Control Commission.The company has other operations in Illinois and Michigan. The company’s local chief executive is former Suffolk County sheriff and former State Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral.

BOSTON —

Boston’s first recreational marijuana shop has gotten the green light as another shop is getting ready to open.

The Cannabis Control Commission said Northeast Alternatives, Inc., in Fall River can begin adult-use operations for cultivation, product manufacturing and retail as early as Sunday.

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The Fall River shop will be the state’s ninth recreational marijuana dispensary to open.

The company Ascend Massachusetts has been given approval by the Boston's zoning board to begin construction on a vacant building it purchased at 272 Friend St. near the Garden.

If it stays on schedule, the Boston shop will open later this year.

Although they have zoning approval, the company still needs approval from the state's Cannabis Control Commission.

The company has other operations in Illinois and Michigan. The company’s local chief executive is former Suffolk County sheriff and former State Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral.